Hillsborough Street, August 8, 1981

Photo courtesy Raleigh Fire Department

On August 8, 1981, firefighters responded twice to the Campus Launderette at 2114 Hillsborough Street. The first call came at 11:30 a.m. after lint caught fire above one of the dryers. Twenty minutes later, the fire department returned to the scene. The roof was burning and flames were spreading to the I Play Games arcade and a North Carolina State University Agricultural Extension Service workshop. Firefighters extinguished the second blaze in about a half-hour.